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Survey on user requirements for web archiving
No full textThis report presents a study conducted to identify and map the specific user requirements for web and social media archives. Researchers, librarians, archivists, and other stakeholders who engage with these digital resources were the focus. The central research question is: “What are user requirements for web and social media archives?” The study aimed to understand the needs and practices of diverse user groups to optimize the usability and effectiveness of these archives. By gathering detailed feedback, the study sought to inform the development of tools, interfaces, and methodologies that align with user expectations and support effective research and analysis. A survey was launched to collect broader insights into user requirements (see survey text and survey results). This survey ran from October 9 2024 till January 13 2025. To maximize outreach and participation, the survey was distributed through a variety of targeted channels. It was shared with an expert panel via Teams and email, as well as with contacts from the BESOCIAL and PROMISE projects. The survey link was included in the KBR newsletter and shared through relevant mailing lists such as IIPC, JISC, RESAW, and IFLA. It was also promoted within digital humanities communities, including DH Benelux and the DH Early Career Researcher Virtual Discussion Group. A temporary pop-up was added to the KBR website and catalogue to attract visitors organically. Additionally, the survey was promoted on social media channels of KBR and partner institutions, and efforts were made to engage organisers of the Praktijknetwerk Sociale Media Archiveren and researchers at UCLouvain to support further distribution. The survey explored four key areas: content selection, search interface functionalities, API access, and content enrichment, while also collecting basic demographic information and details on respondents’ experience with web archives. This multi-channel dissemination strategy ensured diverse participation, including researchers, librarians, and professionals from libraries, archives, and heritage institutions
Making curation algorithms apparent : a case study of ‘Instawareness’ as a means to heighten awareness and understanding of Instagram's algorithm
No full textDespite the increasing prevalence of curation algorithms on
everyday social network sites (SNSs), they often are imperceptible
and difficult to become knowledgeable about since little insight
in the actual working of these algorithms is given. To address
this, we developed an online interface as a visual feedback tool
to decrease the ignorance about the Instagram curation
algorithm, named ‘Instawareness’ (https://instawareness.ugent.
be/). As such, the goal of this article is to validate the actual
effectiveness of Instawareness and to demonstrate how people
can be made aware of the Instagram curation algorithm using a
quasi-experiment. Validating the actual effectiveness of
Instawareness allowed us to connect additional findings about
the influence of awareness and understanding of Instagram’s
curation algorithm to our primary validated findings about
achieving such awareness. These show that it is not cognitive
understanding about Instagram’s algorithms but solely awareness
about them that appears to be sufficient for people to indicate
increased critical concerns towards SNSs. Furthermore,
Instawareness proved to be efficient in increasing cognitive
media literacy (CML) and in indirectly stimulating critical concerns
towards SNSs
Technology Readiness and Acceptance Model as a predictor for the use Intention of data standards in smart cities
No full textComputer-mediated social support for physical activity : a content analysis
No full textPurpose. Online fitness communities are a recent phenomenon experiencing growing user bases. They can be considered as online social networks in which recording, monitoring, and sharing of physical activity (PA) are the most prevalent practices. They have added a new dimension to the social experience of PA in which online peers function as virtual PA partners or supporters. However, research into seeking and receiving computer-mediated social support for PA is scarce. Our aim was to study to what extent using online fitness communities and sharing physical activities with online social networks results in receiving various types of online social support.
Method. Two databases, one containing physical activities logged with Strava and one containing physical activities logged with RunKeeper and shared on Twitter, were investigated for occurrence and type of social support, by means of a deductive content analysis.
Results. Results indicate that social support delivered through Twitter is not particularly extensive. On Strava, social support is significantly more prevalent. Especially esteem support, expressed as compliments for the accomplishment of an activity, is provided on both Strava and Twitter.
Conclusion. The results demonstrate that social media have potential as a platform used for providing social support for PA, but differences among various social network sites can be substantial. Especially esteem support can be expected, in contrast to online health communities, where information support is more common
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